Class: Regulation and Compliance Title: Overview of Policy Planning So, you are developing two compliance plans in a way that all employees will understand at a large medical facility where you are th
Week 4-Lesson Consent and Rubric
| Criteria | Points |
| 1-2 page paper states the purpose of the two selected compliance plans. | 10 |
| Paper explains how employees would benefit by supporting compliance standards in every compliance plan. | |
| Paper explains how employees would benefit by supporting high level responsibility, education, and communication in every compliance plan. | |
| Paper explains how employees would benefit by supporting monitoring and enforcement in every compliance plan. | |
| Paper is written in terms that employees would understand. | |
| Contains at least three research sources cited in APA format in a References page. | |
| Follows standard mechanics in writing, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. | |
| Total | 40 |
Select Two Compliance Plans
For Plan one, I chose the topic Clinical staff members are not washing their hands between patients. According to the article Infection prevention in hospitals: The importance of hand hygiene in Helio, in the year 2014 the CDC data show that approximately one in 25 patients acquire a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) during their hospital care. This added up to about 722,000 infections a year. And, out of the 722,000 patients 75,000 patients died of their infections. In the same article stated at this time, the CDC Director Tomas Frieden, MD MPH, said even the most advanced health care would not work if clinicians neglect basic practices such as hand hygiene. By reading this article and working in healthcare industry different types of infections and illnesses are passed on from person to person by the staff, not washing their hands between caring for patients, which this the key issue.
The reason why I want to develop a compliance plan for this topic is to make the staff aware how severe and vital staff hand hygiene is in the healthcare industry. And if poor hygienes continue, how problematic it can have on the patients that they see. As mentioned above, a patient can get sick from infections and germs and could lead to death for some patients. All of this is due to not simply taking the time to wash your hands.
For Plan two, I chose the topic Employees are not knowledgeable in the use of fire extinguishers. The federal law PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS 29 CFR 1910.157states, “The federal portable fire extinguisher rule applies to the placement, use, maintenance, and testing of portable fire extinguishers provided for the use of employees. Employers are generally required to provide portable fire extinguishing equipment in the workplace for use in fighting incipient-stage fires. An “incipient-stage fire” means initial or beginning stage that can be controlled or extinguished by portable fire extinguishers. (BLR, n.d.)” Therefore, we need a plan to stay compliant with federal law, which is the key issue. The healthcare facility has all type of patients, visitors, and staff members that come in and out of the facilities. Every staff member needs to know how to operate the fire extinguishers to save the lives of the people documented in the previous sentence. We are here to save lives, and this is one way to protect them and stay complainant.
References
BLR. (n.d.). Fire Extinguishers laws & safety compliance analysis. Retrieved from https://www.blr.com/Workplace-Safety/Emergency-Planning-and-Response/Fire-Extinguishers
Healio: Infectious Disease. (2014, April). Infection prevention in hospitals: The importance of hand hygiene. Retrieved from https://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/nosocomial-infections/news/print/infectious-disease-news/%7Bdd1e115b-8a00-4889-9e85-8566391f2541%7D/infection-prevention-in-hospitals-the-importance-of-hand-hygiene
